A. Kinomura et al., OBSERVATION OF BURIED OXIDE LAYERS IN SILICON BY MICROPROBE RBS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 77(1-4), 1993, pp. 369-372
Buried oxide layers formed by implantation in silicon were observed by
microprobe RBS with 1.5 MeV He+. A cross-sectional image of a local o
xide layer was obtained by imaging the decrease in silicon signals. Un
iformly implanted samples annealed at 1260 and 1300-degrees-C were obs
erved by RBS-mapping images. A nonuniform region, indicating the absen
ce of surface silicon, was found in the mapping images for annealing a
t 1260-degrees-C, while the buried and surface layers for annealing at
1300-degrees-C were found to be uniform.